There was a station in Naples that would be getting the live stream. My older cousin doctored up the fossil of a radio deck in the living room / Grandfather’s office where the three of us were staying. My cousins and I were completely submersed in the Pearl Jam world (and still are). Pearl Jam had announced they will broadcast their Atlanta concert live on numerous radio stations.

I was on vacation visiting my grandparents with my cousins in Naples, Florida. There’s one that I find to be the superhuman of the superhuman.Īpril of 1994. Recently, I’ve been spinning various versions of “Black” - thinking deeply about the song, what it means to me and all the different ways it could mean something so heavy to anyone that hears it. Credit Pearl Jam for having at least two - “Release,” and the one and only … “Black.” Then there are others that are just universal. One of the beautiful things about music is that fans have the ability to identify their own personal soul-touching gems. It’s hard to even classify or describe them. There are a select few that are an out-of-body, emotional movement. More than just your typical verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, outro etc.

A tribute to the resonance of that performance and the brilliance of “Black”: The most chilling version of “Black” was performed during night two at the fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Leading up to their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on Friday, we will have one unique feature per day as a small token of our appreciation, and in effort to give back to band to that gives so much.

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